VU23546 - Participate in straightforward interactions for study purposes
Nominal hours
Location
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to use linguistic skills to participate in straightforward interactions for study purposes. This involves planning and participating in group interactions, making verbal requests or suggestions and conveying and responding to verbal instructions related to study contexts.
The outcomes described in this unit relate to:
- the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). They contribute directly to the achievement of ACSF indicators of competence in Oral Communication at Level 3, and
- the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Speaking and Listening. They contribute directly to the achievement of Speaking 2+ / 3 and Listening 2+ / 3.
This unit applies to learners needing to develop their listening and speaking skills in English to satisfy further study needs. The situations in which these skills are applied are varied, and can be related to a range of further study or higher education contexts.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
- prepare for and participate in two group interactions in a further study context including making at least two requests or suggestions related to a study task for each interaction.
In the course of participating in the interactions the candidate must apply strategies to: - respond to one set of instructions related to a study task
- give one set of instructions for a study task or process.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
- vocabulary for straightforward topics related to a study task or study context
- verb tenses, such as present perfect continuous, past perfect, present and past simple passive, and conditional, such as if and unless
- discourse markers and conjunctions to link ideas and concepts, such as
- adding information or contrasting ideas, such as however, whereas
- showing cause and effect, such as therefore
- generalising, such as in general, broadly speaking
- modal forms, such as need to, have to, must
- phrasal verbs, adverbs, adverbial phrases and adjectives to explain and qualify information, convey ideas, express opinions
- reported speech to clarifying misunderstandings or check information, such as You said that…
Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge: - colloquial expressions or common idioms in interactions
- cues for inferred meaning, such as logical, contextual or paralinguistic such as pause, stress, use of silence or facial expression
- language to detect and respond to opinions in spoken group interaction.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):